A new report claims that Amazon is considering a new app for its live sports coverage.
Sources with knowledge of the matter told The Information that it could mean that the company separated its sports offerings from Prime Video.
Amazon also has a deal with the New York Yankees to show some of its baseball games.
It is worth noting that The Information's report comes after recent comments by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in which he confirmed that live sports were a continued area of interest for the company.
It is not known when Amazon will release such an app, and whether it will charge a subscription fee. It is1-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-6556
Live sports rights can be expensive, but they can also be used to get more people to subscribe to streaming platforms.
Apple TV+ has an agreement with MLB to stream games on Friday nights. For the next ten years, it is the exclusive streamer for MLS games.
Peacock has a growing range of live sports events that are supported by NBC. Some of the exclusive content includes the NBA, NHL, MLB, and NASCAR.
The deal for NFL Sunday Ticket is worth $2 billion annually. In a sign of how streaming services are starting to make their presence felt in the live sports space, YouTube got the package from satellite-TV provider DirecTV, which has been carrying it since 1994.
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